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Global Financial Service Disruptions

Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX)

securities exchange · IN · South Asia · Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd

Technical failureStatus: resolvedTier 1Severity 4 of 5Evidence confidence: highAnalyst-verified

India's MCX halted trading for over four hours on 28 Oct 2025, restarting at 13:25 IST from its disaster recovery site. It was the longest outage in the exchange's history and SEBI sought a detailed report.

First disruption
Oct 28 03:30 UTC
First public signal
Oct 28 (exchange notice)
Acknowledged
Oct 28
Restored
Oct 28 07:55 UTC
Duration
4.4 hours
DFX first recorded
Nov 5 14:58 UTC

What was restricted

tradingScope: country wide

All commodity derivatives trading halted for over four hours, longest disruption in MCX history; SEBI sought a report.

Cause, kept in separate layers

What the institution said
Technical glitch (data processing); operations shifted to Disaster Recovery site
DFX classification
Technical failure (cyber: unconfirmed)
Conflicting reports
Duration computed from scheduled 9:00 open to 13:25 restart; approximate.

Evidence

Other restrictions at Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX)